Nominees announced for Monte Carlo’s TV Festival

The nominees for the Golden Nymph Awards, which will be presented by Prince Albert at the 57th Monte-Carlo Television Festival on June 20, have been announced.

Entries for the Golden Nymph Awards continue to increase, the organisers say, with submissions in 2017 significantly up on the previous year. Across seven categories spanning Fiction and News programming, applications have been received from more than 50 countries.

Laurent Puons, CEO of Monaco Mediax, organisers of the Monte-Carlo Television Festival, said: “With ever expanding opportunities for viewers to access the best in television content, the supply of internationally-relevant, high-quality programming continues to strengthen around the world.”

Mr Puons added, “This growth is driving the ongoing increase in the number, quality and diversity of submissions for the Golden Nymph Awards. The Festival’s Awards are renowned throughout the world for recognising true excellence in the fields of content creation and acting talent, and I’m looking forward to welcoming our nominees to Monte Carlo in June.”

The Monte-Carlo Television Festival will take place from June 16 to 20. The annual event celebrates the very best of television and delivers marketing and public relations opportunities to producers and distributors looking to access a large group of international print and on-camera journalists to promote and support their sales to worldwide broadcasters.

The event first saw the light of day in 1960 at the urging of Princess Grace, who saw the Television Festival as one of many ways to help Monaco become a centre of excellence in so many spheres in the modern world. (Feature image: Facebook Festival de Télévision de Monte-Carlo)

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Organised by the Junior Chamber International, from April 27 to 29, the fifth edition of Startup Weekend Monaco promises to be more memorable than ever.
Over just three days and two nights, competitors will rise to the challenge of breaking out of their comfort zone to turn an innovative idea into a promising start-up.
For Christelle Lefebvre, the founder of Yakila, the 54 hours of the Startup Weekend allowed her to realise what she could do: “Last year, I came out of curiosity and to answer certain questions. I was scared to pitch my project, thinking it was not good enough. But after that, everything changed for me. This was the trigger to turn my idea into a concrete project.”
Yakila allows you to combine the advantages of a web portal with those of a mobile application so you can go to a cultural outing with people who share your tastes and interests for the same event.
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This year again over 54 hours, 90 participants will be challenged to create their own startup. In total immersion for three days in the offices of MonacoTech in Fontvieille these aspiring entrepreneurs will be followed and coached by a number of mentors. This event allows the most innovative ideas to take shape, but it also pushes creators with very diverse profiles to exchange ideas with each other and meet investors, co-founders and sponsors.
Starting on Friday, April 27, participants will have to present their concept in one minute and then receive the most support and be part of the 10 selected projects. Teams will then be trained to transform this idea into a startup and, hopefully, receive the recognition of the jury on the final day. During these three days of competition, a number of energetic activities will be held to motivate and support those involved, including a visited by the President of the National Council, Stéphane Valeri.
Finally, on Sunday, April 29, the projects will be presented formally to the members of the jury who will choose the three winners of the 2018 edition.

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The price of a prime apartment in Dubai is approximately €7,200 ($8,400) per square metre, putting the Gulf state far behind other cities in the top-end price tables, at 34th position, according to a report from New World Wealth.
Monaco, with an average price of €41,000 ($48,000) per square metre, remains the most expensive city for prime property out of the 54 destinations included in the study by the market research firm.
Monaco is followed by New York – which has just overtaken London.
Dubai trails behind Saint-Tropez, Paris and Nice in France, as well as Rome, Florence and Milan, The Hamptons, Los Angeles, Miami and San Francisco, as well as a number of Asian hotspots such as Hong Kong and Beijing.
“Notably, prices in New York, Sydney, Beijing and Shanghai all rose strongly over the past 12 months, while prices in London, Parish and Rome are all down,” said New World Wealth.
Andrew Amoils, Head of Research at the company, said that prices in Dubai's prime real estate are still rising, aided by the continued influx of wealthy individuals into the city.
"Most of the wealthy people moving to Dubai are coming from Africa and the Middle East. I would imagine Dubai should break into the top 30 worldwide within the next ten to 20 years. It is certainly an up-and-coming hotspot," he told Gulf News.
Dubai tops the list in the Arab world, with Abu Dhabi following closely behind in 35th position. The other two Gulf cities included in the study, Doha and Riyadh, occupy 38th and 40th place, respectively.
New World Wealth analyses the top prime property hotspots worldwide as part of its “Global Wealth Migration Review”. The latest data reflect the prices of prime property as of September 2017.